XPAntivirus is a rogue antivirus software program that fools you into thinking that it is finding viruses and spyware on your computer so that you will purchase the software to get rid of it. In actuality, XPAntivirus is putting viruses and spyware on your computer instead, whether or not you decide to purchase it.
XPAntivirus works a little differently from other rogue anti-spyware programs in a few ways. The most deceiving thing about XPAntivirus is that it looks and acts like a real anti-virus program and it looks like a Microsoft product, right down to the logo of the circle with the four color quadrants, red, green, blue and yellow. However, if you look closely, and rarely does anyone look closely, the colors are not in the same order as the Microsoft colors. The web site is very professional looking as well, very much like Microsoft might make it look. There are no big red or green fonts to draw your attention, it’s not littered with bogus awards and other graphics, and it is very clean, professional, and convincing. At a glance, you trust XPAntivirus. That is, until you decide you want to contact someone to ask a question. There is no contact information of any kind.
You find XPAntivirus through their advertising on websites, pop-ups and e-mail ads. You are directed to their good looking website and you are offered a free trial to download. Once you download the free trial, XPAntivirus actually puts bogus files in your computer in order to find them and tell you that they need cleaned out. These files are harmless, but the XPAntivirus is not. While it is putting the harmless files for you to find, it is also placing spyware and viruses on your computer. You run the XPAntivirus and it finds the bogus files, then it tells you that you have to purchase the software in order to rid your computer of these files. This is normal and you’ve obviously downloaded the free trial out of concern for spyware and viruses, so chances are you are going to be willing to pay for the XPAntivirus. Once you have done that, they have your money, which you cannot get back because you can’t contact them, and you have their viruses and spyware to eat up your computer from the inside out once they have extracted all of your personal and financial information from your hard drive.
Removing XPAntivirus manually can be tricky and computer experts do not advise it unless you are an expert geek yourself. And, unfortunately, most spyware removal software won’t guarantee to find it or be able to remove all of the files either. This is a tough one. There is one anti-spyware software that will guarantee to find and remove XPAntivirus and all of its components, as well as 100% of the other bad stuff that’s on your computer, or will ever be. That software is called SpyZooka. SpyZooka is the only anti-spyware that offers a 100% clean sweep of your computer within 24 hours or you get your money back. They offer a free initial scan to see if you have spyware on your computer, but you do need to pay for the software license in order for it to remove the nasties it finds. And the price is very reasonable, too.
If you have downloaded the rogue XPAntivirus, or if you haven’t and want to make sure you don’t download that or others like it in the future, SpyZooka will come to your rescue.
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